This is the year i need to renew my pa ccw. I got mine in Centre county...do i need to return to the same county? or may i get the renewal closer? i also have the Ohio and Florida ccw...*smile* thanks..

God gave us the right to self defense, the second amendment stops the Government from taking it away.The American Revolution wasn't about tea and taxes — it was about taking guns!

Right now, there is no benefit to having a PA license if your Ohio license was issued March 23, 2015 or later (which gives you TX and WI) *unless* you spend a lot of time in PA. If so, having a local license is always a good thing, and it gives the added benefit of nullifying the Federal GFSZ Act in PA.

If you do want to renew, you can do so in any county that will issue to non-residents. Some counties may consider it a new license, but since the cost and procedure are the same it really doesn't matter. The closest counties that are non-resident friendly are Erie, Butler, and Crawford. There may be others just over the border but last time I checked none of the others were non-resident friendly.

Do note that PA licenses are now NOT issued by mail-order. You have to go to the Sheriff's Office in the selected county.

Lawrence County PA issues non-residents, last I heard, but requires local references, and does call them.

You need to check the Sheriff's web site, or perhaps call, to be sure. If you renewed your OH CHL after that March date, you're already legal in PA.

There appears to be a goofy in the Federal law - some of the Federal laws pertaining to school zones exempt only licensees who are carrying licenses issued to residents of that State. IMHO, this was legislative oversight, but....

If you did not renew in OH after that March date, you can't re-renew or otherwise have any options except getting the necessary non-resident license. Other than the "in person" renewal, there seems to be no disadvantage to that.

I was tempted to drive over to Centre County, but the renewal sort of snuck up on me. Since I'm only a few miles from Lawrence County, and had a spare hour, I drove over there. They treated it like a new application, but they just mailed me the new license in about a month. If you're doing an in-person renew in Lawrence County PA, and were previously licensed through Lawrence County, I think they hand it to you before you leave.

Regards,

Stu.

(Why write a quick note when you can write a novel?)

(Why do those who claim to wish to protect me feel that the best way to do that is to disarm me?)

Obtaining our non-resident PA CHLs in April 2015 was quick and painless. Drove over to Erie PA in late morning w/o an appointment and left with our PA licenses about 30 minutes later. The forms are available on-line but they only accepted cash payments. (Pretty sure it was $20 each)

While PA recognizes our post 3/25/15 issued OH CHL's, in 2015 at least, Maine did not, but they did recognize PA, so we got them before our summer M/C trip to New England.

Not sure what the current status is with ME and OH, but since we're not going to ME this year, not a concern for now.

Just a note to finish this up, i did go to Erie Pa, to the court house about 4 weeks ago. Then i did complete the paper work paid 20 dollars, and was told that i shouldhave my new license with in 2 weeks from that date. All went very well, i did receive it in the mail about 16 days later and i am happy. I was treated very well and had a nice talk with the deputy about national concealed-carry reciprocity, as the policy is known, Dave

God gave us the right to self defense, the second amendment stops the Government from taking it away.The American Revolution wasn't about tea and taxes — it was about taking guns!